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OK may be its just me but i cant find any plans for AŽ Hive, i'm asking Slovaks and Slovenians to do this for every beekeeper in the world because there's a lot of people that would love to build couple of hivesplease make detailed pictures with measurements and step by step progress, i thing that should do it for know :) i hope i'm not asking for to much? :evil: :laugh: :-D

OK, I still haven’t a clue what a AZ hive is or why anybody would want one? Can somebody describe how this is different than a Langstroth design and why you would want to use it? No offense to beesource, but the link I keep seeing to them regarding AZ hives doesn’t make much sense either. Anybody have a simple concise description for somebody with a just a simple mind?

First thought: Thanks goodness humanity has at least settled on using common numbers to count! I assume dimensions are in millimeters.

Second thought: OK, so am I correct in assuming the attraction to this design is the potential for removing brood combs (from the side) without having to lift off the supers first? I could have sworn I’ve seen this idea before in some old google bee book (circa 1900); I’ll have to see if I can find it.

Third thought: It seems to me burr comb between frames is going to be huge problem in this design because the mechanical force you exert to try to pull the frame out sideways is going to have to exceed the shear force of all the burr comb at the same time.

Forth thought: Looks like the frames are about 260mm x 410mm in size. That’s about 10”deep x 16” wide. Just about the size of a lang deep. Where do your 36” super deep frames fit into this picture?

Thanks for the links. X:X Just because I complain about problems doesn’t mean I don’t like experimenting.

They have probably been doing it this way since long before 1900. From what I've seen, Burr doesn't seem to be a problem and shouldn't if the spacing is correct. My version will be substantially larger, no super for now, thinking if the top hinged back as well frames could be tipped out, maybe put frames on drawer guides to slide out, maybe hinge frames themselves to be opened like book, think Huber did this ? Possibilities are endless as is my imagination. An AZ/Perone hybrid. Like America, I take the best from any and everywhere and make it my own :) I think these Slovenians have come up with a pretty impressive system, not well known probably because Slovenia isn't. Thankx for the internet. Cheers,Drew

Hi, they used in the German speaking area the same style of hive. But the common opinion is, that this style of hive has more disadvantages than a lang style hive and the most beeks changed over to lang style hives or some modified theirs . Main points are: just one box brood and one for honey and all the resulting problems coming along with this.

Thank you for that link. Gave me all kinds of good ideas ! I love those ones with the big steeples, and the ones with all the cool entrances. Yes I will have to make some adaptations, but I think the general idea is a good one.

Cheers,Drew

p.s. You wouldn't happen to know anything about those little mini-smokers that are hung around neck ? I have seen the skep beeks use them.